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Artist calls for designs for sea festival

13 April 2022
Artist calls for designs for sea festival

Can you help this artist create funny face boards for a seaside town's first Festival of the Sea?

Revamp plan for coastal park attraction

12 April 2022
Revamp plan for coastal park attraction

A council has asked companies or individuals to take over the running of a seafront coastal park which has hosted pirate invasions.

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Makeover for Wetherspoon's beer garden

11 April 2022
Makeover for Wetherspoon's beer garden

A seaside pub is getting a £283k makeover to triple the size of its beer garden.

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Aerial photos show scale of work at M2 junction

09 April 2022
Aerial photos show scale of work at M2 junction

Aerial photos show the sheer scale of changes taking place on the site of a £92m flyover at an M2 junction.

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Drivers face fuel nightmares again

08 April 2022
Drivers face fuel nightmares again

Climate protesters squeezing fuel supplies in Kent has led to garage closures and queues – but it's worse for some parts of the county than others.

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Undertaker goes green with hybrid hearse

07 April 2022
Undertaker goes green with hybrid hearse

A Kent funeral director has taken delivery of a new fleet of 'green' vehicles worth £335,000 including a hybrid hearse and two limousines.

Council's new night parking charges catch out drivers

06 April 2022
Council's new night parking charges catch out drivers

New town centre car parking charges extended to midnight and introduced on April 1 are no joke for motorists.

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Shocked sisters raise money for mother's funeral

06 April 2022
Shocked sisters raise money for mother's funeral

Two sisters are raising money for their mother's funeral after she died suddenly from a heart attack aged just 47.

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Iconic clock is coming home

06 April 2022
Iconic clock is coming home

Date set for return of Kent town's 120-year-old clock tower after mammoth seven-month repair job.

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'I want this nightmare to be over. It’s literally killing me'

04 April 2022
'I want this nightmare to be over. It’s literally killing me'

The boss of an animal shelter whose fate hangs in the balance suffered a suspected heart attack days before a crunch meeting on its future.

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Storms rip stone slabs from sea wall

04 April 2022
Storms rip stone slabs from sea wall

Ragstone slabs have been ripped out of a sea wall and left strewn across the beach by recent bad weather.

Emergency services called to fire at harbour

01 April 2022
Emergency services called to fire at harbour

Fire crews, ambulances and the RNLI lifeboat were called to a blazing boat.

Nessie swims south to guard 'bomb ship'

01 April 2022
Nessie swims south to guard 'bomb ship'

The Loch Ness Monster has swum south to study the SS Richard Montgomery 'bomb ship' and Second World War Maunsell sea forts off the Kent coast.

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Council leader to stand down

31 March 2022
Council leader to stand down

A veteran Labour councillor is standing down as leader of a Kent council after nearly three years.

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Town split after pensioner fined £150 for feeding pigeons

30 March 2022
Town split after pensioner fined £150 for feeding pigeons

Is it right to feed wild pigeons in a town centre? Animal-lovers say 'yes' but shop-keepers want the practice banned.

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Last chances to sign petition to save bus routes

29 March 2022
Last chances to sign petition to save bus routes

Campaigners will be out again collecting signatures for their petition to save bus routes threatened by county council cut-backs.

Sneak look at new tourist guide

26 March 2022
Sneak look at new tourist guide

A new free 48-page visitors' guide has been launched for one of Kent's top tourist staycation hotspots.

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Carpenter finds snake hiding under roof tiles

23 March 2022
Carpenter finds snake hiding under roof tiles

Workmen renovating a town centre building came face-to-face with an unexpected slithery escapee – who now has a new identity and home.

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British Ukrainian refugee helper hits out at money-makers

22 March 2022
British Ukrainian refugee helper hits out at money-makers

A Kent man helping to house Ukrainian refugees in holiday homes in Bulgaria has hit out at others cashing in on their misery.

Campaigners battle against bus cuts

21 March 2022
Campaigners battle against bus cuts

Passengers are being asked to sign a petition to save at-risk bus routes from KCC cuts.

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